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Such a nifty phrase, but coming from Newt Gingrich, it’s not worth much. He is, after all, the man who shut down the federal government because he felt underappreciated by President Clinton. He is perhaps the biggest hypocrite on congressional ethics in modern times — criticizing Democrats while covering up his own significant lapses. He talks about family values after disposing of two spouses. He blamed permissive culture for Susan Smith’s drowning of her children, even though it was later revealed that she hailed from a very conservative family and was a victim of incest.

Gingrich forgets that many states with poverty rates higher than the national average are “red” states. I’d ask Gingrich, is Haley Barbour the “food stamp” governor? Democrats should hope that Gingrich is the Republican nominee in 2012. It would be such a gift.

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